G-1.021 - Act respecting the governance of the health and social services system

Section 559 Disposition versions

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559. A Santé Québec authorization for the operation of a private institution is required to operate an enterprise offering to a clientele a group of services comparable to a group of services that may be offered by a public institution, where all or part of those services must be provided by a physician, a specialized nurse practitioner, or any other health or social services professional determined by regulation of Santé Québec.

A regulation of Santé Québec determines and classifies the groups of services that are comparable to those offered by public institutions. For that purpose, Santé Québec considers, in particular and in addition to the nature of the services, their volume in relation to the scope of services that would normally be provided by a public institution to users having the same characteristics as the clientele for whom the services offered by the enterprise are intended.

This section does not apply to the operation of an enterprise referred to in any of sections 555 to 558 or in section 560. In addition, it does not apply to the operation of

(1)  an intermediate resource or family-type resource;

(2)  a community organization that receives a financial allowance under section 508;

(3)  a private health facility;

(4)  a laboratory governed by the Act respecting medical laboratories and organ and tissue conservation (chapter L-0.2);

(5)  a centre for assisted procreation governed by the Act respecting clinical and research activities relating to assisted procreation (chapter A-5.01);

(6)  a religious institution or teaching institution that operates an infirmary where it receives members of its personnel or its students;

(7)  a religious institution that maintains a residential and long-term care facility to receive its members or followers, provided that the number of followers does not exceed 20;

(8)  an Indigenous health and social services centre or residential centre, situated on a reserve, offering local community services or residential and long-term care services funded by the federal government; or

(9)  any other enterprise having characteristics determined by regulation of Santé Québec.

2023, c. 34, s. 559.